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The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Valletta?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Guadalajara’s own page.

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Guadalajara 5, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Valletta 55: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Valletta 46: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Valletta 38: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Valletta 50: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Valletta 44: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Valletta 32: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Valletta.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraValletta
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m56 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraValletta
City population1,385,6215,197
People per km²9,5566,496
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.